What 篕 means
In its attested compounds, 篕 refers to coarse matting.
The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary, defines 籧篨 as a coarse bamboo mat. Fangyan, a regional-word glossary, records 篕棪 as a name for such mats east of the passes; the Kangxi Dictionary also cites 篕𣝎. These mats were woven from bamboo or reeds. The classic poetry collection Book of Songs uses 籧篨 for a condition that prevents bending forward; that figurative sense belongs to 籧篨.
Literary matting vocabulary.
Alone, follow the matting sense; let context supply extra tone.
Questions people ask
1Why does 篕 show as a box?
If the font lacks 篕, it may show a box, question mark, or blank; broader CJK coverage may display it.
How to type 篕
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7BD5, then Alt+X to get 篕.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-7bd5”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7bd5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
篕CSS
\7BD5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
篕
HTML hex
篕
CSS content
content: "\7BD5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%AF%95
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.